Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: cap BPF_PROG_PACK_SIZE to 2MB * num_possible_nodes()

[Song Liu]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 4:07 AM Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On some architectures like ARM64, PMD_SIZE can be really large in some
> configurations. Like with CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES=y the PMD_SIZE is
> 512MB.
>
> Use 2MB * num_possible_nodes() as the upper limit for allocations done
> through the prog pack allocator.
>
> Fixes: ea2babac63d4 ("bpf: Simplify bpf_prog_pack_[size|mask]")
> Reported-by: "kernelci.org bot" <bot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7e216c88-77ee-47b8-becc-a0f780868d3c@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Suggested-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/bpf/core.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index 134b7979f537..83a3b6964e54 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> @@ -893,8 +893,17 @@ static LIST_HEAD(pack_list);
>   * CONFIG_MMU=n. Use PAGE_SIZE in these cases.
>   */
>  #ifdef PMD_SIZE
> +/*
> + * PMD_SIZE is really big for some archs. It doesn't make sense to
> + * reserve too much memory in one allocation. Cap BPF_PROG_PACK_SIZE to
> + * 2MiB * num_possible_nodes().
> + */

In BPF code, we prefer a different style of multiple line comments:

/* PMD_SIZE is really big for some archs. It doesn't make sense to
 * reserve too much memory in one allocation. Cap BPF_PROG_PACK_SIZE to
 * 2MiB * num_possible_nodes().
 */

Other than this, this looks good to me.

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Song

> +#if PMD_SIZE <= (1 << 21)
>  #define BPF_PROG_PACK_SIZE (PMD_SIZE * num_possible_nodes())
>  #else
> +#define BPF_PROG_PACK_SIZE ((1 << 21) * num_possible_nodes())
> +#endif
> +#else
>  #define BPF_PROG_PACK_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
>  #endif